Engineering Assistant, Group Biomedical Engineering

Alexandra Hospital, Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexandra Hospital, Singapore is seeking an engineering professional to provide lifecycle support for medical equipment, covering commissioning, operation, preventive maintenance, and de-commissioning. The role involves ensuring safe, compliant performance across devices and coordinating with clinical staff.

You will supervise vendors and contractors, collect user feedback, investigate faults, and contribute to quality initiatives.

Qualifications

• Diploma or equivalent in Electronics or Biomedical Engineering.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Positive attitude and ability to interact with staff at all levels.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Basic IT knowledge, including Microsoft Office; Excel helpful.
• Advantageous: basic cybersecurity and IT networking knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Support commissioning, operation, maintenance and de-commissioning of medical equipment.
• Supervise vendors and contractors on equipment maintenance to ensure quality and standards.
• Collect user feedback on maintenance performance and reliability.
• Investigate faults, complaints and hazards and help plan corrective actions.
• Ensure quality of work aligns with hospital standards and initiatives.
• Assist in coordinating services for equipment projects with vendors and consultants.
• Manage stock and spares for frontline technical support.

Skills

Electronic engineering

Troubleshooting

Analytical skills

IT basics

Cybersecurity basics

Education

Diploma in Electronics / Biomedical Engineering

Job description

The incumbent provides engineering support to the lifecycle of a medical equipment, which includes commissioning of new medical equipment, breakdown and preventive maintenance and de-commissioning of medical equipment.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to all hospital personnel in the commissioning, operation, maintenance and de-commissioning of medical equipment
• Supervise the specialist vendors and appointed contractors on medical equipment maintenance works to ensure quality of works and compliance to required standards
• Update and collect feedback from users regularly on the maintenance, performance, reliability and quality of medical equipment
• Check, analyse and investigate faults / complaints / hazards on medical equipment and assist BME engineers in mapping out and implementation of required action plans
• Ensure quality of works conform to standards and practices that the hospital subscribes to, including other quality initiatives driven by hospital and department
• Manage stock and spares for front line technical support and assist stock supervisor in documentations
• Assist BME engineers in coordinating services for medical equipment projects with vendors, contractors and appointed project consultants
• Perform any other duties and tasks as assigned by BME engineers

Requirements

• Preferably a Diploma in Electronics / Biomedical Engineering or equivalent engineering course
• Able to work independently with minimum supervision
• Positive work attitude and the ability to work with all levels of staff
• Possess good analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Possess basic knowledge on IT, such as Microsoft Office. Microsoft Excel
• Advantageous to have basic understanding in Cybersecurity and IT network knowledge

*Only Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents may apply.